Monday, 2 February 2015

1st of February is Hourly Comic Day, a challenge to draw a diary comic every hour throughout the day. It's mostly a fun, if gruelling, exercise that loads of cartoonists take part in across the world. I did one this year after convincing myself up until about 10am that I wasn't going to. It was fun though and well worth it, especially with other Edinburgh artists such as Aimee Lockwood, Zyzanna Dominiak and Sonya Hallett taking part at the same time.

Anyway, here it is...

If you want to support my work you can buy some of my comics here. You can catch up with my previous hourlies here, here and here.

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Every month a bunch of comic artists from around Edinburgh meet up for a drink, and every month we bring with us a mini comic we've made based on a theme set the previous month. This month's theme was 'Totem' and despite my own contribution being pretty dumb, I thought I'd share it anyway.

You can find out more about the Edinburgh League of Comics and our activities here. Fellow artist Aimee Lockwood has posted her wonderful contribution here.

Friday, 2 May 2014

Last year I drew this comic about my feelings on Scottish
Independence. It was meant to go into an anthology, but with that
delayed and with the vote now just months away, I agreed with the editor
that I should put it online. I have presented them here in the page
spread format that was originally intended for printing, so each jpeg is actually two pages side-by-side.

If you like my comics, you can support me by buying some here or downloading some here!

Or if you want to learn more about making comics, and live in Edinburgh, I have a comic course starting 8th May 2014... more about it here.

Thursday, 27 March 2014

I recently got the opportunity of teaching an 8 week course in comics creation at Edinburgh's Leith Academy. It was a really exciting experience, and the artists I taught were a very enthusiastic bunch, whose dedication to their work was extremely encouraging. A lot of great comics got made on the course, and I was pleased that I managed to encourage and help guide these artists in what they wanted to do. From comics newbies to more experienced artists, they all showed a lot of talent and some fantastic ideas - and I think each of them got something good out of the course.

Anyway, term two starts soon enough, and while some of my students have vowed to return, I'm looking for others to come along and join the class. Anyone with an interest in getting into comics will gain something from the class - I know from experience that even just having a regular slot in your week to do comics can make a huge difference.

The class costs £39.50 / £24.00 for the 6 weeks. Running from the 8th of May. You can book via 0131 553 2810, through Leith Academy, which is where the class is held.

Friday, 29 November 2013

You can now easily buy digital editions of my comics via Gumroad. For just 99p you can get a copy of any of the Filmish issues (except the out-of-print issue 1), or a copy of my autobio comic Grow- Tales of Parenthood. For a limited time you can use this link to get Filmish: Sets and Architecture for a measly 69p!

Don't forget you can still buy hard copies of all of these from my usual shop. The Filmish Megapack contains the three issues of Filmish and some postcard prints, which may/may not be the perfect Christmas gift for someone.

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

I'll be heading down to Leeds this Friday for Thought Bubble's weekend Comic Con (Nov. 23rd/24th).

I'll be bringing along loads of comics, postcards and maybe some prints. This will be the first showing of Filmish issue 4 at an English comic con, and you'll be able to pick up all the previous issues as well. I'll also be selling the last few copies of my first autobiography comic 100 Tiny Moments and will have copies of my more recent book Grow.

I'll be sharing my table with the wonderful Katie Green who'll be selling her amazing new graphic memoir Lighter Than My Shadow.

Friday, 27 September 2013

My most recent science comic project is now available to read for free online. The comic sets out to examine some of the research being done in Scotland right now into stem cells and regenerative medicine. It's a truly exciting field, full of challenges and possibility, and one I was glad to get an insight into.

The comic was written by Barbara Melville, who gave the whole thing an interesting twist and a sense of character and exploration that was fun to work with. Essentially the comic is a sequel or companion piece to last year's Hope Beyond Hype, which can still be read here in its new and improved interactive version.